Pain

Six months later, living conditions for thousands of Haitians remain dire.

Send your patients here to check out tutorials on Fibromyalgia. Visitors can choose from an interactive tutorial, a self-playing tutorial, or read the information through a text summary.

The final rule on the definition and requirements for demonstrating meaningful use of EHRs to qualify for federal incentives has been issued, and for doctors, it means more flexibility.

The increasing number of health-related smartphone apps has health professionals growing more concerned about the quality of the information provided.

On July 22-23 The FDA will convene a joint meeting of the Anesthetic & Life Support Drugs Advisory Committee and the Drug Safety & Risk Management Advisory committee to discuss its proposal for class-wide Risk Evaluation Mitigation Strategies for long-acting opioids, according to a memo released earlier this month.

Findings released from a study on glucosamine in the treatment of chronic low back pain suggest that the dietary supplement does not significantly reduce pain-related disability.

The healthcare IT vendor community is shifting its attention to Republican candidates in anticipation of the 2012 election.

The app is "aimed squarely at patients," according to iMedical Apps editors, enabling them to learn about the medical center and affiliated doctors.

Surgical and non-surgical interventions are allowing young men and women with osteoarthritis of the knee to return to demanding sports and remain active, according to a review published in the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

Butransâ„¢ (buprenorphine) Transdermal System CIII was approved by the FDA for treating moderate to severe chronic pain in patients that require a continuous opioid analgesic for an extended period of time.

The latest versions of Wordpress and other blogging software make it fast, cheap, and easy to create and manage a website for your medical practice.

Effective pain relief from a marijuana-like substance may be possible, according to a the results of a recent study published in the Anesthesia & Analgesia journal.

Researchers have identified an immune cell that may play a role in low back pain associated with herniated disc.

This recent comment from a patient during an exam led Dr. Pullen to reflect on the many things that physicians do during an office visit that may seem odd to patients.

The timing of the onset of a patient's symptoms can serve as a critical piece of the puzzle when trying to determine a diagnosis.

A herniated disk is one of the most frequent causes of low back in adults.

As reported by the Hill.com, "more than a hundred pain management specialists are in Washington this week" in an attempt to draw attention to the dangers of prescription drug abuse.

Early experiments are being done to develop new drugs that have the potential to relieve cancer pain without causing some of the side effects associated with current pain treatments.

Researchers found that repairing a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) or meniscal cartilage injury in the knee does not decrease the chances of developing osteoarthritis.

With the passing of the National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Act in 2005, the climate for establishing state prescription monitoring programs seemed to be moving in a brighter direction, but some issues still remain.

A Doctor and his wife were found guilty of conspiring to profit from illegally prescribing painkillers to dozens of patients at their medical clinic in Wichita, Kansas.

Administering a multimodal pain regimen that includes pregablin (Lyrics) prior to robotic-assisted laproscopic radical prostatectomy decreased patients' use of opioid analgesics afterward, according to researchers from the Thomas Jefferson University.

For as long as I've been a nurse I have been frustrated with the attitude of many of my peers regarding patients with chronic pain. I have never understood why so many nurses feel it so crucial to pass judgment on patients who are in obvious pain.

Researchers have definitively correlated screen time to chronic back pain and headaches in teenagers.

Just over half of US men see a doctor, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant for routine care, compared to nearly three-quarters of women, according to AHRQ research.

Watson Laboratories, Inc. recieved tentative approval from the Food and Drug Administration on its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Fentanyl Citrate Buccal tablets, 100 mcg, 200 mcg, 300 mcg, 400 mcg, 600 mcg, and 800 mcg.

Sleep deprivation can lead to changes in the levels of key proteins associated with the pathology of migraine, according to new research reported at the American Headache Society's 52nd Annual Scientific Meeting in Los Angeles.

Family physicians are being worn out by the prescription drug epidemic, and patients in pain and needing opiates are bearing the brunt of our reluctance to prescribe these medications for fear of being audited or worse. It's time for real solutions to the problems of misuse, abuse, and diversion of prescription pain medications.

When treating patients with endometriosis, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommends conservative nonsurgical treatment approaches followed by more invasive procedures if previous attempts prove unsuccessful, according to a newly updated Practice Bulletin.

The uncommon condition seems to be midway between a cluster headache and trigeminal neuralgia, according to Dr. Pullen.